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Overuse of antibiotics favours E coli 'superbug'
A new superbug strain of E coli has been found on a British dairy farm.
19 November 2008
Livestock costs could rise as vets can charge for prescriptions
Livestock farmers could face higher production costs after legislation stopping vets from charging for prescriptions was revoked.
11 November 2008
Vet Viewpoint
Cows send out signals about their health, nutrition and production. The challenge for the dairy farmer is how to interpret these signals and use them to improve the cow's well-being.
22 October 2008
FW Awards finalist: Mad about the job
To describe Jonathan Statham as passionate about livestock farming would be to do one of North Yorkshire's best-known vets a massive disservice. He is quite frankly mad about livestock and helping livestock farmers make the most of their animals.
08 October 2008
FW Awards finalist: First point of call is the cows
Consultants and advisers are often hard-pressed to convince farmers they have a practical understanding of farming. But for Graeme Surtees, a man who describes himself as an accountant who feeds cows, this is never an issue.
08 October 2008
Vaccine for bluetongue gets go-ahead from VMD
Bluetongue vaccine Bovilis BTV8 has received Veterinary Medicines Directorate approval, with 2m doses likely to be available by May.
04 April 2008
Bluetongue vaccine facts
Details of Bluetongue vaccine Bovilis BTV8.
04 April 2008
Bluetongue proving difficult to diagnose
Bluetongue affected farmer Frank Langrish says bluetongue is hard to diagnose in many cases and may be missed unless farmers are vigilant
23 October 2007
Hope emerging for foot and mouth and bluetongue (blue tongue) trapped farms?
There is some hope this afternoon that farms caught up in the foot and mout risk area and blutongue protection zone may be able to move stock this week
01 October 2007
DEFRA confirms bluetongue (blue tongue) has reached outbreak status
DEFRA has this afternoon confirmed bluetongue (blue tongue) virus is circulating in the UK livestock and midge population. This means it is now classified as an outbreak.
28 September 2007
Source of infection is challenged
The emergence of the September foot-and-mouth cluster has raised questions and sparked rumours about where the disease began and how it spread
25 September 2007
